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Times-Advocate, 1988-11-02, Page 4Page 4 Times -Advocate, November 2, 1988 Times Established I Er 1 . • Advocate 1stabhshed 1881 Amalgamated 1924 BLUE RIBBON AWARD imes dvocate • Published -Each Wednes_day Morning at btetei, Ontario, NOM 1S0 Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386. Phone 519-235.133.1 ROSS HAL CH Editur RAM 01%RIES l umpusdipn Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada: $25.00 Per. year; U.S.A. $65.00. C CNa� BM BECAET i • Publisher & Adse[tismg,Manager DO. SMITH Business Manager Get to the right place andfederal polling stations being in two different spots. On November .14, the town of Exeter election booths will be open in the South Huron Rec Centre and the next week for t -he federal election, voters will cast their ballots at South Huron District High School. . The easiest way to remember will be: For the first election go for recreation and for the second increase your educa- tion. By Ross Haugh With two elections coming up in a little Tess than three weeks, the familiar cry is vote as you like, but vote. This time around in Exeter, it may be just as important to remember where to vote than who for. Election officials hoping to make it eas- ier for electors to know where to vote will have polls for the entire town all in one location. The problem comes up with the town Put localsfirst More than ever before this year's federal election. has Ca- nadians focusing on the three party leaders exclusively without any - .thought for the local candidates: We're being asked to vote -for Brian, Ed or John on the strength of slick televi- sion advertisements or their well - rehearsed performance in a three-hour debate. How can the leaders not be prepared to face each other .once every four or five years? All are extremely efficient in communicating their thoughts. As well,. handlers have. been %rooming them con- stantly with ways,to portray confidence and competence: But an election No chan shouldn't be fought solely on the strength of leaders without having -.a close look .at the individual candidate When you need action fro -y--our MP it won't be the leader that comes tl`irough.. it's the local member. Before deciding which political party deserves your vote it would be a wise de- cision lo examine each local candidate closely. The choice of who has earned the right to be your representative in .Ot- tawa might belong to a different party than your television favourite, After all, the government of Canada is much larg- er than three individuals who have the advantages offered by speech writers and makeup artists. iiy Jim Beckett ge wanted We would support the moves made recently by a number of area municipal councils in op- posing an Ontario government proposal to change the allocation of lottery funds. Provincial treasurer Robert Nixon wants to transfer some of the extra lot- tery profits from recreation and cultural projects to hospitals. Hospitals certainly can use more mo- nies, but the lotteries- were started in 1975 with profits specifically slated for recreational and cultural activities. Nearly all of the community centres and arenas .now operating in this area were financed partly by lotteries. Winta- rio in particular. . . While profits of about $42 million the first year have grown in 13 •years to { nearly $500 million today, so has the need for more financial help in the same recreational areas with more people of all ages taking part in an increasing amount of activities and all want govern- ment funding. • . We know that municipalities need all the financial, help- they can get to offset the big jump in costs and a switch of some of the lottery profits to other ave- nues would hurt. • A devil's advocate question about this whole situation is, " Does the lottery ticket buyer really care where the money goes?" Not really. Very few buy tickets to help recreation or hospitals. They buy them to fulfill a dream of winning an in- stant fortune. By Ross Haugh Letters to theEditor Dear Sir: 1 am -not much at writingletters but this is Home Care Special Week and we say what we would do without Home Care. Our son lives 200 miles from is and it is not easy to get together: My husband has been sick for three years and unable to do anything around the home: On three morn- ings a week we hear that cheery Good Morning from our Homemak- er: it really gives us a lift. After one has had a bad night it is a relief- to have someone to talk things over, plan the meals for the day, give my husband his exercises, do shopping and do so many things around the house. A Homemaker is someone to give you encouragement when you are feeling down. There are times when one gets older you feel you cannot face another day but a kind and cheerful word from our Home- maker helps that so much. We say Thank God for our Home- makers, God bless them. We are both 85, if this service was not available -to us we would not be able to keep our home that we have shared for many years. To go into a nursing home amongst strangers would mean an end to all we have shared together. We sincerely hope this service continues. Sincerely, Ed and Phyllis Dorcy, Box 185, Exeter, _Ontario. NOM ISO Dear Sir. At a joint Session meeting of the Centralia -Zion West United Church Pastoral Charge held Wednesday, October 26, 1988, thc motion was passed that we adopt as our policy the official position of Huron Perth Presbytery that: "We expect mem- . hers of the United Church of Cana- da, and most certainly our minis- ters, to believe, practise, and promote fidelity within marriage and chastity outside of marriage. Therefore. we believe that self- • declared practicing homosexual per- sons arc unacceptable and unsuita- ble as ministers in the United Church of Canada". All persons are most certainly welcome as members of our congre- gations. However, we believe that self -declared practicing homosexual persons are unacceptable and unsuit- able as ministers in our pulpits. Yours sincerely, The Sessions of Elders of Centralia and Zion -West United Churches Dear Sir: A goodly crowd of discerning mu- sic lovers gathered at the United Church last Saturday evening to lis- ten to "The Ambassadors in Con- cert". Al DeHaan is to be congratulated in bringing this male chorus to Ex- eter. He proved that many people like to listen to good music instead of hard rock. it was a concert of contrasts, from Cherubini and Bach to show tunes to spirituals. i thought the Tenor section was effective, not to down grade the other singers! Of course, everybody there had their favorites, mine were: Pie Jcsu, Robert Frost's Memorable Poems, the Whiffen Poof song and Dry Bones. It's too bad if you missed this fine -concert, perhaps Mr. DeHaan can bring the chorus back next yam' • Yours truly "Gibby" J. M. Gibson Serving South Huron, North Middlesex & North Lambton Since 1873 Published by J.W. Eedy Publications Limited Just saying so long To most of the residents of the police- village of Crediton and surrounding area, Sunday -was a very important day. That's when we said farewell to Rev. Brian Elder and family as, they leave for a new United Church charge in Port Dover, down.,along thc shores of Lake Eric. Brian and Mary wcrc a very re- spected couple and they will be sorely missed after nine and a half years of serving not only the church , but the community. - What is Crediton's loss will be Port Dover's gain.' • • it's not only at the church where the family will be missed. Brian w as a valuable member of the Crediton volunteer fire de- partment. As an across -the -street neighbour, it. was a common sight to sec his car backed into the lancway beside the parsonage ready to go at - the --first shrill of the fire siren. We recall one Sunday morning not along ago when Brian got to the church only about 10 minutes ahead of starting time. Just when we wcrc wondering what hap- pened, the fire truck came hack from a call and there was our an- swer. His dedication to the communi- ty also helped in church atten- dance. We know of a couple of people who said, "If he can get up in the middle of the night to go to a fire, we should be ahlc to make it to church by 10 a.m., Sundays." He has already been approached to join the Port Dpi vcr'firc department. Each Friday morning, the mini- ster could be found talking to - neighbours as each put their gar - From the , editors is by in Ross Haugh Nage out on the street. Mary will be missed fo her de- dication to the United Church Women and she was also helpft in baby sitting for arca mothers who were holding down jobs. At our house, the Elder boys will he missed. Soon after grandsons Jason, Brent and Tre- vor would arrive onrwcckends, ou would find them with Rob- ert and Phillip Elder climbing a tree in the backyard. The first marriage, ceremony performed at Crediton t'itited Church by Rcv. Brian Elder w,t. for our son 1)an only a week or. so after thry moved in from a previous charge in Newfound- land. Brian was also very involved with the Huron -Perth Presbytery of the United Church as secre- tary. We know that all good things must come to an end and.therc is a -time and plic- for everything and times do -change: -Life must gh on. • A Final w•ord..to the Elders. Thanks for your service to Credi- ton-l'nited Church -and May God Bless You wherever you. go.- We will he better for your stay here. "i'he •current- play now on .the stage. at the (rand Theatre in London has a local flavour. Thc military technical adviseris Phil Camphell of town: Phil, a veteran of the t'nitcd States army and the Canadian navy and air-, force was responsible for the mil- itary aspects of the show which was based on activities at. an ';arnTy training boot. camp at 'I3i-. loxi, Mississippi. it was easy .to see* that 'Phil's advice had a considerable effect on the line pertorniance by the sergeant in the play. * * * * The Exeter Business Inmprovc- ment Association and .the Exeter Optimist club are to he congratu- lated for their Saturday efforts in providing Halloween entertain- ment for the j•oungstcrs of Exeter and arca.. • Thc haunted house set up by the Optimists in the former EN1A store on Y1ain street was realistic and r;car... They came up with ghosts. skeletons, shadows, screams. lots of darkness and a variety .of noises to put everyone in the Octoher 31 atmosphere. Election blues I have to admit i wasn't too cn- spontaneous situation. warts and all. One leader punctuates his speech with "uh" every other word, another stares at the ccil- ing, the third pronounces "Cana- da" as an annoying "Cainada" but thused about the federal party leaders taking over prime time television last Tuesday. I ex- pected a three-hour yawnarama. in fact, i forgot all about it until i got home and turned on thc tele- vision at 9 o'clock to sec Ed Broadbent waxing poetic about women's issues. But I didn't change channels. 1 watched the last two hours, al- most fascinated, and decided the winner and loser -of thc debate was Canada as a whole. One has only tt 'look at thc campaigns south of the border to realize modem elections lack thc spontaneity of yesteryear. Thc candidates stomp around the country trying to appear as su- permen in touch with ordinary people. Tuesday's debate showed our leaders are neither. Canada had thc chance to see them' in a semi - 'Hold that thought:.: . - by Adrian Harte J. r they all slug it out with a battle of policies. not slander. But Canadians arc also losers in this media -intensive cam- paign. in the last century, Cana- dians thought elections were something to get excited about. Local rallies had streamers, hats, and overblown speeches. Thc vote was a chance to decide the future of the country: Today it is a selection of the lesser of three evils. it seem' to me Canada used to he something to build., now it's something to save: save it from 1'. S. protectionism. save it from LS. expansionism. cave it from acid rain. save the trees from de- vclopmcnt. save the farms from rising costs. etcetera. etcetera. The local candidates. once the cornerstone of every campaign. are now minor players in the po- litical process. They get their votes from support of the parry leader. The sad thing is. three-hour tcl- leviscd debates or not. much of the excitement is gone from Our elections. Thc polls tell us how we will cast our votes before we get a chance to decide. Today i just don't sec how we can. ever bring the old excitement hack. • „,'",��Et" = 111 , � 6 �`t, r. (1q(, sk\ &i I - - , �!/�imilli ,0FJ ` ,;. `��, AN\ --Nik, r--.1r-r----t :te t. r, Just saying so long To most of the residents of the police- village of Crediton and surrounding area, Sunday -was a very important day. That's when we said farewell to Rev. Brian Elder and family as, they leave for a new United Church charge in Port Dover, down.,along thc shores of Lake Eric. Brian and Mary wcrc a very re- spected couple and they will be sorely missed after nine and a half years of serving not only the church , but the community. - What is Crediton's loss will be Port Dover's gain.' • • it's not only at the church where the family will be missed. Brian w as a valuable member of the Crediton volunteer fire de- partment. As an across -the -street neighbour, it. was a common sight to sec his car backed into the lancway beside the parsonage ready to go at - the --first shrill of the fire siren. We recall one Sunday morning not along ago when Brian got to the church only about 10 minutes ahead of starting time. Just when we wcrc wondering what hap- pened, the fire truck came hack from a call and there was our an- swer. His dedication to the communi- ty also helped in church atten- dance. We know of a couple of people who said, "If he can get up in the middle of the night to go to a fire, we should be ahlc to make it to church by 10 a.m., Sundays." He has already been approached to join the Port Dpi vcr'firc department. Each Friday morning, the mini- ster could be found talking to - neighbours as each put their gar - From the , editors is by in Ross Haugh Nage out on the street. Mary will be missed fo her de- dication to the United Church Women and she was also helpft in baby sitting for arca mothers who were holding down jobs. At our house, the Elder boys will he missed. Soon after grandsons Jason, Brent and Tre- vor would arrive onrwcckends, ou would find them with Rob- ert and Phillip Elder climbing a tree in the backyard. The first marriage, ceremony performed at Crediton t'itited Church by Rcv. Brian Elder w,t. for our son 1)an only a week or. so after thry moved in from a previous charge in Newfound- land. Brian was also very involved with the Huron -Perth Presbytery of the United Church as secre- tary. We know that all good things must come to an end and.therc is a -time and plic- for everything and times do -change: -Life must gh on. • A Final w•ord..to the Elders. Thanks for your service to Credi- ton-l'nited Church -and May God Bless You wherever you. go.- We will he better for your stay here. "i'he •current- play now on .the stage. at the (rand Theatre in London has a local flavour. Thc military technical adviseris Phil Camphell of town: Phil, a veteran of the t'nitcd States army and the Canadian navy and air-, force was responsible for the mil- itary aspects of the show which was based on activities at. an ';arnTy training boot. camp at 'I3i-. loxi, Mississippi. it was easy .to see* that 'Phil's advice had a considerable effect on the line pertorniance by the sergeant in the play. * * * * The Exeter Business Inmprovc- ment Association and .the Exeter Optimist club are to he congratu- lated for their Saturday efforts in providing Halloween entertain- ment for the j•oungstcrs of Exeter and arca.. • Thc haunted house set up by the Optimists in the former EN1A store on Y1ain street was realistic and r;car... They came up with ghosts. skeletons, shadows, screams. lots of darkness and a variety .of noises to put everyone in the Octoher 31 atmosphere. Election blues I have to admit i wasn't too cn- spontaneous situation. warts and all. One leader punctuates his speech with "uh" every other word, another stares at the ccil- ing, the third pronounces "Cana- da" as an annoying "Cainada" but thused about the federal party leaders taking over prime time television last Tuesday. I ex- pected a three-hour yawnarama. in fact, i forgot all about it until i got home and turned on thc tele- vision at 9 o'clock to sec Ed Broadbent waxing poetic about women's issues. But I didn't change channels. 1 watched the last two hours, al- most fascinated, and decided the winner and loser -of thc debate was Canada as a whole. One has only tt 'look at thc campaigns south of the border to realize modem elections lack thc spontaneity of yesteryear. Thc candidates stomp around the country trying to appear as su- permen in touch with ordinary people. Tuesday's debate showed our leaders are neither. Canada had thc chance to see them' in a semi - 'Hold that thought:.: . - by Adrian Harte J. r they all slug it out with a battle of policies. not slander. But Canadians arc also losers in this media -intensive cam- paign. in the last century, Cana- dians thought elections were something to get excited about. Local rallies had streamers, hats, and overblown speeches. Thc vote was a chance to decide the future of the country: Today it is a selection of the lesser of three evils. it seem' to me Canada used to he something to build., now it's something to save: save it from 1'. S. protectionism. save it from LS. expansionism. cave it from acid rain. save the trees from de- vclopmcnt. save the farms from rising costs. etcetera. etcetera. The local candidates. once the cornerstone of every campaign. are now minor players in the po- litical process. They get their votes from support of the parry leader. The sad thing is. three-hour tcl- leviscd debates or not. much of the excitement is gone from Our elections. Thc polls tell us how we will cast our votes before we get a chance to decide. Today i just don't sec how we can. ever bring the old excitement hack. •